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No, I’m not talking about Andrew Cuomo. But Living Colour, perhaps best known for their 1988 hit “Cult of Personality” is playing at the Empire State Plaza tonight, Wednesday, to kick off the summer concert series sponsored by Saranac beer.

While the Plaza on a nice afternoon like today is usually the province of a few state workers “taking a lap” as they say, or some bicycle riding state troopers, the southern end of the deck was busy with roadies already setting up the band’s large bank of amps and doing some low level sound checks (If you’ve heard Living Colour live, you know these guys perform at high decibel levels).

A handful of OGS workers were also present, making sure things are running smoothly as the vending booths were being set up.

According to OGS, the show starts at 5 pm with Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, and an opening by MIRK.

There is free parking in the East Garage after 5 p.m. too. The band’s website says they are supposed to start at 7.

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